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[Bohandas]

I have a quick thought regarding the eventual contents of elven forest retreats in terms of what will pass for "structures" there:

Basically, what if they had buildings approximating all of the normal buildings found in towns, but instead of constructed walls, the boundaries elves' "buildings" would be formed by impassible lines of living trees, with a two tile gap where the door would be in a normal building. They could also have "castles" 'constructed' in a similar manner.

[Jeoshua]

Thing about elves in DF is they revere the natural far too much to let nature do anything but be itself.  Maybe they could have treehouses, but grown tree cities, with "walls" of trees seems a bit unnatural.

I think they'd be far more likely to grow trees into houses a tree at a time, bending branches back and making walkable areas in the canopy, than planting artificial tree-walls.

Problem is, trees in DF are one tile.  Maybe they could have some kind of special "elf trees" that are bigger than normal trees.

[NW_Kohaku]

Thing about elves in DF is they revere the natural far too much to let nature do anything but be itself.  Maybe they could have treehouses, but grown tree cities, with "walls" of trees seems a bit unnatural.

I think they'd be far more likely to grow trees into houses a tree at a time, bending branches back and making walkable areas in the canopy, than planting artificial tree-walls.

Problem is, trees in DF are one tile.  Maybe they could have some kind of special "elf trees" that are bigger than normal trees.

All signs point towards Toady wanting to build multi-tile trees and putting the elven "houses" as tents on top of giant trees.

[Urist McArmok]

Isn't this what that Threetoe story Snatcher was about?

edit: Just checked. It wasn't, but homes made from the trees was a major plot point.

[sockless]

Someone made a really nice mock-up of what a elven tree home would be like. I can't remember who it was though. Basically it was a hollow tree, where the tree grew around them.